In the Land of Living Colors
Where colors breathe and stories dream
Where colors breathe and stories dream
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This story introduces children to the gesture of color--light and warmth, stillness and strength, mood and meaning. Perfect for introducing wet-on-wet watercolor in the early years.
In a world where colors arrive like visitors from the sky or the sea, each hue carries its own breath. Yellow brings warmth. Red carries life. Blue invites rest and wonder. As each color appears, the world stirs and responds—opening space for the child to meet color with their eyes and heart. In this book, color becomes more than a decorative pigment—it brings presence. Within these pages, the child meets color as an experience, offering a gentle path into the world of living color. For in color, the child also begins to meet themselves. |
Table of Contents
1. Note to Reader 2. How to Use this Book 3. Character Guide 4. White - The Invitation 5. Yellow - The Bringer of Light 6. Red - The Keeper of Life 7. Blue - The Bearer of Peace 8. Orange - The Embrace of Joy 9. Green - The Growing Life 10. Violet - The Threshold of Dreams 11. Pink - The Gentle One 12. Turquoise - The Breathe Between 13. Indigo - The Deep Listener 14. Brown - The Root Holder 15. Grey - The Cloaked One 14. Black - The Keeper of Mystery 15. Additional Resources 16. Closing Thoughts |
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Track 1: White - The Invitation
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Track 2: Yellow - The Bringer of Light
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Book #1 - The Living Lessons Library
A collection of gentle, imaginative storybooks that guide children into the world through artistic experience.
Each book invites the young soul to experience the elements of the world: the curve of a line, the warmth of a color, the breath of a tone, and the shape of a letter. Through this meeting, the child is introduced not just to creative expression, but to the deeper laws that shape the world around us: rhythm, resonance, polarity, balance, and harmony.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
Reviews
"This book belongs in every Waldorf educator's library. The author beautifully captures the living essence of each color while offering creative ways to bring the colors to life."
-Dr. Debra Torosian, Chair of Anthroposophic Medicine, U.S.
-Dr. Debra Torosian, Chair of Anthroposophic Medicine, U.S.
Reviews
"This book is a beautiful companion for those guiding young children into the world through color, with simple instruction and a deep reverence for the child's unfolding. I will be returning to it again & again—each time with a new brush and a little more light in my heart."
-Marna Widom, author & illustrator of Twelve Little Tales
-Marna Widom, author & illustrator of Twelve Little Tales
Drawing the Day
pre-writing lessons
pre-writing lessons
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Using imaginative storytelling, this book invites children into the world of lines and forms.
Each short story guides the child between the realm of nature and the realm of wonder—awakening the hands, head, and heart. As they journey through circles, waves, dips, and slants, the child's own inner pictures begin to form. Each story presented invites the child into action: observing, drawing, and dreaming. And in this imaginative space, the child prepares to write (and draw) their own story—bringing their whole being into harmony. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Using this Book 2. Circle (yellow) 3. Straight Line (brown) 4. Wavy Line (orange) 5. Peaks & Valleys (violet) 6. Dips (green) 7. Humps (blue) 8. Loops (red) 9. Reflection (teal) 10. Additional Resources |
Reviews
"If you are a Waldorf teacher or relation, please contact me for review opportunities."
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
In the Land of Living Lines
Where forms move and stories follow
Where forms move and stories follow
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This story introduces children to the archetypes of line and curve--will and feeling, structure and flow. Perfect for first-grade form drawing blocks.
In a world where lines walk and curves dance, Sir Straight and Lady Curvy each travel their own path—one fixed and forward, the other soft and spiraling. But when they meet at the edge of a river too deep to cross alone, something beautiful begins. Through the gesture of cooperation, the two discover a hidden land where form is alive, and every shape carries meaning. As Sir Straight and Lady Curvy journey together, they reveal how difference can become harmony, and how form can awaken the soul. Each chapter introduces a living lesson through story, movement, and verse—guiding the process of drawing each form. |
Table of Contents
1. Note to Reader 2. How to Use this Book 3. Character Guide 4. Sir Straight and Lady Curvy 5. The Arch Across the River 6. The Zigzag's Thunder Dance 7. The Spiral's Cave 8. The Wavy River 9. The Loop's Ribbon 10. The Gallop Path 11. The Mirror Tree 12. The Circle in the Meadow 13. The Shape of Time 14. Additional Resources 15. Closing Thoughts |
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Track 1: Sir Straight and Lady Curvy
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Track 2: The Arch Across the River
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Book #2 - The Living Lessons Library
A collection of gentle, imaginative storybooks that guide children into the world through artistic experience.
Each book invites the young soul to experience the elements of the world: the curve of a line, the warmth of a color, the breath of a tone, and the shape of a letter. Through this meeting, the child is introduced not just to creative expression, but to the deeper laws that shape the world around us: rhythm, resonance, polarity, balance, and harmony.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
Reviews
"I wholeheartedly recommend this beautiful and lovingly expressive book for young children. It is rooted in wisdom and filled with the rare, soul-nourishing quality we long for in education."
-Danica Wolkiser, Steiner School graduate and former kindergarten eurythmy teacher, NY
-Danica Wolkiser, Steiner School graduate and former kindergarten eurythmy teacher, NY
The Math Processes
classic story problems
classic story problems
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Using imaginative storytelling, this book invites children (ages 6-9) into the world of mathematics.
Each short story guides the child between the realm of nature and the realm of wonder—awakening the hands, head, and heart. As they meet addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and equals, the child begins to recognize the purpose of each process. Each story presented invites the child into action: listening, picturing, and working. And as the book unfolds, the problems shift—from real-world problems into increasingly imaginative problems—so that the child can practice each process again and again, from different angles. In this imaginative space, the child prepares to work (and think) with clarity—bringing their whole being into harmony. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Using this Book 2. The Forest of Numbers 3. The Village of Right Measure 4. The Land of Long Ago 5. The Realm of Dragon Forces 6. Additional Resources |
Review
"If you are a Waldorf teacher or relation, please contact me for review opportunities."
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
In the Land of Living Numbers
Where digits count and stories shape
Where digits count and stories shape
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This story introduces children to the quintessence of numbers—quantity and quality, rhythm and relationship, shape and form. Each lesson guides their hands through the tactile art of block-crayon drawing, rhythmic motions, and handwork projects. Perfect for first grade number blocks.
In a world where numbers step forth like friends in a parade, each number brings its own measure in stone, stars, and heart. From the stillness of zero to the spiral of thirteen, each number is met as a living experience brought to life through creative practice. Within these pages, numbers become more than symbols—they gain gesture and form. Each lesson awakens the young soul to the hidden order of the world—and their own place within its graceful design. |
Table of Contents
1. Note to Reader 2. Using this Book 3. Character Guide 4. Zero - Resting 5. One - Unity 6. Two - Duality 7. Three - Harmony 8. Four - Shelter 9. Five - Being 10. Six - Order 11. Seven - Sensing 12. Eight - Cycling 13. Nine - Fruition 14. Ten - Harvesting 15. Eleven - Threshold 16. Twelve - Crown 17. Thirteen - Backward 18. Additional Resources 19. Closing Note |
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Track 1: Zero - The Resting Place
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Track 2: The Number's Verse
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Book #3 - The Living Lessons Library
A collection of gentle, imaginative storybooks that guide children into the world through artistic experience.
Each book invites the young soul to experience the elements of the world: the curve of a line, the warmth of a color, the breath of a tone, and the shape of a letter. Through this meeting, the child is introduced not just to creative expression, but to the deeper laws that shape the world around us: rhythm, resonance, polarity, balance, and harmony.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
Reviews
"If you are a Waldorf teacher or relation, please contact me for review opportunities."
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
In the Land of Living Letters
Where letters learn and stories play
Where letters learn and stories play
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This story introduces consonants as they are first experienced--sound and symbol, picture and form, breath and gesture. Each consonant is born from something the child already knows. Perfect for first grade letter blocks.
In a world where consonants transform into theatrical characters, each dressed in their own image—a story is told. Through fairy tale illustrations and real-world symbols, the child is carried into written language and spoken word. Each letters hides within butterflies, mountains, and waves—waiting for the child to discover and call it by name. Within these pages, consonants become more than marks on paper—each lesson reveals how the alphabet grows out of both the world around us and the world within. |
Table of Contents
1. Note to Reader 2. Using this Book 3. Letter Guide 4. The Tale of B 5. The Tale of H 6. The Tale of C 7. The Tale of M 8. The Tale of D 9. The Tale of G 10. The Tale of R 11. The Tale of W 12. The Tale of F 13. The Tale of P 14. The Tale of T 15. The Tale of V 16. The Tale of L 17. The Tale of K 18. The Tale of N 19. The Tale of S 20. The Tale of J 21. Additional Resources 22. Closing Thoughts |
Track 1: The Tale of B
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Track 2: The Tale of M
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Book #4 - The Living Lessons Library
A collection of gentle, imaginative storybooks that guide children into the world through artistic experience.
Each book invites the young soul to experience the elements of the world: the curve of a line, the warmth of a color, the breath of a tone, and the shape of a letter. Through this meeting, the child is introduced not just to creative expression, but to the deeper laws that shape the world around us: rhythm, resonance, polarity, balance, and harmony.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
This series nurtures the child’s inner relationship with the outer world—through the senses. Sight, sound, movement, and meaning unfold through carefully crafted stories, verses, and guided artistic experiences.
Reviews
"If you are a Waldorf teacher or relation, please contact me for review opportunities."
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
Threefold Little Readers | Grade 1
(cursive text option is being considered)
This series offers either ALL CAPS or NO CAPS books. You choose! Offering both lets families and teachers choose what best supports the child right now, while still preparing them for what comes next.
BUT WHY WOULD I CHOOSE ALL CAPS?
Steiner emphasizes that writing
grows out of drawing, and that print-reading
comes later, out of handwriting-reading.
grows out of drawing, and that print-reading
comes later, out of handwriting-reading.
By keeping letter-work, slow, beautiful and intentional children build strong form, rhythm, and ease before moving on. This ensures that writing becomes an art (but not exactly calligraphy).
Additionally, this sequence honors the drawing /to handwriting and handwriting/to reading. It is from this artistic foundation, new artistic ventures emerge—more refined handwriting, richer line work, and the widening world of books.
No matter your approach, the goal is the same—to protect the child’s joy and relationship to learning, so reading grows naturally out of something they have already made beautiful with their own hands and heart.
Additionally, this sequence honors the drawing /to handwriting and handwriting/to reading. It is from this artistic foundation, new artistic ventures emerge—more refined handwriting, richer line work, and the widening world of books.
No matter your approach, the goal is the same—to protect the child’s joy and relationship to learning, so reading grows naturally out of something they have already made beautiful with their own hands and heart.
The Great Big Turnip
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Little Red Hen
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Cat and the Mouse
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Old Woman & Her Pig
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Gingerbread Man
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Nisse and the Cow
Threefold Little Read | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Little Lantern
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Elf and the Snowman
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Sun, the Rain, & the Wind
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Nisse and the New Life
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Bumble Bee's Day
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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The Frog and the Sunset
Threefold Little Reader | Grade 1 Text: ALL CAPS
Text: NO CAPS
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Rooted in the wisdom of the hands–heart–head, these stories nurture early literacy in a way that honors the child’s whole being.
In Grade 1 (ages 6-8), the child meets simple tales told with warm and clear language. Each page offers just a few accessible sentences for the emerging reader.
Inside each book the child is invited to:
These step-by-step practices form a complete early literacy experience that is active, artistic, and deeply human.
In Grade 1 (ages 6-8), the child meets simple tales told with warm and clear language. Each page offers just a few accessible sentences for the emerging reader.
Inside each book the child is invited to:
- illustrate the story themselves
- write the words they see
- read the sentences to themselves
- and speak meaningful phrases aloud
These step-by-step practices form a complete early literacy experience that is active, artistic, and deeply human.
The Hollow and the Hearth
These stories are passed from hand to heart.
Deep in the heart of an enchanted woodland lies The Hollow—a circle of mossy roots and old friendships. And at its center is The Hearth, where warmth is shared, stories are kindled, and belonging is never questioned.
The Hollow and the Hearth is a gentle seasonal puppet tales series that follows a cast of sweet, archetypal characters as they move through the wheel of the year—meeting new challenges, discovering small gifts, and learning how to live in wonder, care, and courage.
Inside each seasonal volume you will find:
The Hollow and the Hearth is a gentle seasonal puppet tales series that follows a cast of sweet, archetypal characters as they move through the wheel of the year—meeting new challenges, discovering small gifts, and learning how to live in wonder, care, and courage.
Inside each seasonal volume you will find:
- Three original puppet scripts: crafted for simple table-top or lap puppet play
- Storytellers Support: verses, character guides, and setting the scene
- Practical Guidance: tips on creating puppets, arranging a seasonal nature table, and inviting children into dramatic play
Reviews
"The detailed explanation of each character's inner quality, will help the teacher or parent to imbue their own puppets with these traits by using suitable gestures and voice cadences."
-Dzvinka Hayda, author and illustrator of The Legend of the Dipper
-Dzvinka Hayda, author and illustrator of The Legend of the Dipper
Nature Table Narratives
Tales for the table, to greet the day and close the night.
Performed by parents, these stories guide children through the seasons.
Nature Table Narratives is a reflective puppet tale series—offering tales for each corner of the year. Unlike script based plays, these stories are wholly spoken by the storyteller. A single narrator's voice weaves the scene—inviting the child to watch and dream while the puppets move in gentle motions reflecting the gesture of each season.
Reviews
"If you are a Waldorf teacher or relation, please contact me for review opportunities."
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
-Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
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